'Antigone' takes on Arab Spring for S. Utah return

5:10 PM,
Oct. 3, 2012

Westminster College's traveling production of 'Antigone' will incorporate texting and social media into a modern Arab Spring setting as it plays Saturday morning at the O.C. Tanner Amphitheater in Springdale.

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The Classical Greek Theatre Festival is returning to Southern Utah but the style of costumes will be closer to burqas than togas.

Westminster College in Salt Lake City is producing the touring production of "Antigone," which will make a stop in Southern Utah on Saturday morning at the O.C. Tanner Amphitheater in Springdale. Director Larry West says the modern Arab Spring uprisings influence the style he took with the play.

"In my mind, that's more Greek than putting people in togas," he says. ...